Author : Ruth A. Johnston
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,13 MB
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780983181002
A Companion to Beowulf is a guide to the ancient epic poem for students and general readers. The reader learns about the famous manuscript and its language, the poem's plot, and the religious and cultural background of the story. The book serves as a bridge to more advanced scholarship. It was first published by Greenwood Press in 2005 as a hardcover volume.
Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 35,70 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Beowulf
ISBN : 9781843840299
This is a complete guide to the text and context of the most famous Old English poem. In this book, the specific roles of selcted individual characters, both major and minor, are assessed.
Author : Ruth A. Johnston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 31,61 MB
Release : 2005-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0313027293
Perhaps the most important work written in Old English, Beowulf grew out of a culture very different from ours, and yet its story of war, violence, and heroism remains relevant to modern readers. Accessible to high school students, general readers, and undergraduates, this companion overviews the poem and its legacy. The initial chapters review the plot of Beowulf, while later chapters discuss its style and language, its cultural and historical contexts, and its afterlife in contemporary popular culture. The first part of the book provides information of interest to a wide range of readers, while the second covers more specialized topics. Thus the initial chapters review the merits of different translations and offer a detailed plot summary, while later chapters discuss the poem's language and style, its treatment of religion, its relation to Anglo-Saxon culture, and its legacy in popular culture. One of the greatest Beowulf scholars was J.R.R. Tolkien, and the book gives special attention to his use of the poem in his own fiction. High school students, undergraduates, and general readers will find this book a valuable guide to one of the most challenging yet enduring works of English literature.
Author : Malcolm Godden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 052119332X
This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.
Author :
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 49,62 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0486111105
Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.
Author : Andy Orchard
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 12,36 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780802085832
In this series of detailed studies, Andy Orchard demonstrates the changing range of Anglo-Saxon attitudes towards the monstrous by reconsidering the monsters of Beowulf against the background of early medieval and patristic teratology and with reference to specific Anglo-Saxon texts.
Author : Robert D. Fulk
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 1991-03-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780253206398
Interpretations of Beowulf brings together over six decades of literary scholarship. Illustrating a variety of interpretative schools, the essays not only deal with most of the major issues of Beowulf criticism, including structure, style, genre, and theme, but also offer the sort of explanations of particular passages that are invaluable to a careful reading of a poem. This up-to-date collection of significant critical approaches fills a long-standing need for a companion volume for the study of the poem. Larger patterns in the history of Beowulf criticism are also traceable in the chronological order of the collection. The contributors are Theodore M. Andersson, Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur, Jane Chance, Laurence N. de Looze, Margaret E. Goldsmith, Stanley B. Greenfield, Joseph Harris, Edward B. Irving, Jr., John Leyerle, Francis P. Magoun, Jr., M. B. McNamee, S. J., Bertha S. Phillpotts, John C. Pope, Richard N. Ringler, Geoffrey R. Russom, T. A. Shippey, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Author : Ian Serraillier
Publisher : Bethlehem Books
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 13,28 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1883937035
The Anglo-Saxon poem recounting the story of Beowulf's battle with the monster, Grendel, is retold in the style of modern verse
Author : Howell D. Chickering
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,78 MB
Release : 2006-02-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1400096227
The first major poem in English literature, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the heroic spirit at its finest. Leading Beowulf scholar Howell D. Chickering, Jr.’s, fresh and lively translation, featuring the Old English on facing pages, allows the reader to encounter Beowulf as poetry. This edition incorporates recent scholarship and provides historical and literary context for the modern reader. It includes the following: an introduction a guide to reading aloud a chart of royal genealogies notes on the background of the poem critical commentary glosses on the eight most famous passages, for the student who wishes to translate from the original an extensive bibliography
Author : Rebecca Barnhouse
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 14,14 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Beowulf (Legendary character)
ISBN : 037586766X
Sixteen-year-old Hild hates the perpetual fighting between men of her kingdom and others, but when she is sent to marry a neighboring king, supposedly to ensure peace, she must tap into her own abilities with the sword and choose between loyalty and honor.
